40-5-201. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Alleged father" means a person who is alleged to have engaged in sexual intercourse with a child's mother during a possible time of conception of the child or a person who is presumed to be a child's father under the provisions of 40-6-105.
     (2) (a) "Child" means any person under 18 years of age who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States; any person under 19 years of age and still in high school; or any person who is mentally or physically incapacitated if the incapacity began prior to the person's 18th birthday and for whom:
     (i) support rights are assigned under 53-2-613;
     (ii) a public assistance payment has been made;
     (iii) the department is providing support enforcement services under 40-5-203; or
     (iv) the department has received a referral for interstate services from an agency of another state under the provisions of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
     (b) The term may not be construed to limit the ability of the department to enforce a support order according to its terms when the order provides for support to extend beyond the child's 18th birthday.
     (3) "Department" means the department of public health and human services.
     (4) "Director" means the director of the department of public health and human services or the director's authorized representative.
     (5) "Guidelines" means the child support guidelines adopted pursuant to 40-5-209.
     (6) "Hearings officer" or "hearing examiner" means the hearings officer appointed by the department for the purposes of this chapter.
     (7) "Need" means the necessary costs of food, clothing, shelter, and medical care for the support of a child or children.
     (8) "Obligee" means:
     (a) a person to whom a duty of support is owed and who is receiving support enforcement services under this part; or
     (b) a public agency of this or another state having the right to receive current or accrued support payments.
     (9) "Obligor" means a person, including an alleged father, who owes a duty of support.
     (10) "Parent" means the natural or adoptive parent of a child.
     (11) "Paternity blood test" means a test that demonstrates through examination of genetic markers either that an alleged father is not the natural father of a child or that there is a probability that an alleged father is the natural father of a child. Paternity blood tests may include but are not limited to the human leukocyte antigen test and DNA probe technology.
     (12) "Public assistance" means any type of monetary or other assistance for a child, including medical and foster care benefits. The term includes payments to meet the needs of a relative with whom the child is living, if assistance has been furnished with respect to the child by a state or county agency of this state or any other state.
     (13) "Support debt" or "support obligation" means the amount created by:
     (a) the failure to provide for the medical, health, and support needs of a child under the laws of this or any other state or under a support order; or
     (b) a support order for spousal maintenance if the judgment or order requiring payment of maintenance also contains a judgment or order requiring payment of child support for a child of whom the person awarded maintenance is the custodial parent.
     (14) "Support order" means an order, whether temporary or final, that:
     (a) provides for the payment of a specific amount of money, expressed in periodic increments or as a lump-sum amount, for the support of the child, including an amount expressed in dollars for medical and health needs, child care, education, recreation, clothing, transportation, and other related expenses and costs specific to the needs of the child; and
     (b) is issued by:
     (i) a district court of this state;
     (ii) a court of appropriate jurisdiction of another state, Indian tribe, or foreign country;
     (iii) an administrative agency pursuant to proceedings under this part; or
     (iv) an administrative agency of another state, Indian tribe, or foreign country with a hearing function and process similar to those of the department under this part.
     (15) "IV-D" means the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and the regulations promulgated under the act.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 612, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 561, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 119, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 549, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 702, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 266, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 631, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 60, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 504, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 134, Ch. 546, L. 1995.